Monday, September 29, 2008

Fox River Trail

10 Miles 1:04:51 6:29 avg.155 avg. HR5:15 pm) cool & cloudyGoal was to run this at my marathon pace. I am shooting for a 2:50 marathon in Dec. so that is 6:30 pace. I ran this run right at 6:30 pace.It did not feel too bad. However the last fewmiles it was more difficult to hold the pace.I got a little tired. I will try to do this againin a week or so and see if it gets any easier. I plan on doing some longer runs like this but keeping the effort on the easier side for the first 15 miles or so then increase the pace thelast 5 miles to marathon pace. This will teach mybody to still run fast even when fatigue sets in.

Not sure what I am doing right now I'm training for a 50k but have a marathon coming up as well and tryingto train for both at the same time. On one hand I have a 50k trail run my first ultra that I basically am runningjust to do it no big goals just finish. And on the otherhand I have a marathon a little over a month after the ultra which is my "A" race. So I am trying to do some specific training for both with some trail running, road running, slower paced runs, faster paced runs, longer runs, shorter runs. Not sure what I'm doing but I'm having fun!

2 comments:

There is not a huge difference so training for one will help you with the other. But definitely having a clear goal ... well ... will provide clarity. Sounds like the ultra is more important than the 2:50. And that is fine.

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I started running in 2004. I have run 44 marathons with a PR of 2:42:32 at Green Bay 2011. My current interest is running road marathons and running ultra marathon distances. I have run 5 50Ks, 6 50 milers, 1 100k and a 100 miler.